Far From Heaven (DVD)

...Haynes even goes so far as to have the son David use a word like "shucks" only to be immediately admonished by his mother for using "that kind of language". While this has been done quite well for the most part, I truly doubt that in the 1950's they would have filmed a conversation of a group of women discussing how many times their husbands "insisted" on "doing it". Even though the words "sex" or even "make love" never pass the lips of these characters, ...
...That's why I said that Far From Heaven is One Hell of a Film! Thanks for reading! ~~~~~ Technical Stuff: This is a review of the film only, as per the criteria below. Official Web Site for this movie can be found at http://www.farfromheavenmovie.com/ This movie has been rated PG-13 since some of the material may not be suitable for younger children. I'm assuming that since there's no nudity, no foul language, and no violence, that they must ...

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...film, but Cathy is by far and large the main character. Her story to some extent follows, but from now on they are entwined. Cathy has always had a progressive outlook on the problems of Negroes, as the film's characters permanently call them. She employs two, for a start - that very same home help, and a gardener. We never see him, however, for he has died, only for his son to take over. Raymond Deagan is a sensitive soul, and rightly so. Having ...
...* * * Far From Heaven is a completely well-made film. The music is just right showing up the melodrama, but in a way that is not over the top. The costume budget must have been huge to get those pinched waists and flouncing skirts *just* so. Indeed the whole look is just perfect, from swooping crane shots to spell-binding intimate conversations a deux. It would have been improved if it were in wide screen, but the films of the 1950s were not exactly ...

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...night, a friend suggested seeing Far From Heaven I jumped at the chance. This was a film, after all, which along with The Hours, secured Moore an extraordinary Oscar nomination triumph- one in each acting category. In addition, I was hooked by what I had read of the structure and tone of the movie- a film made in the style of Douglas Sirk (Imitation of Life), shot as if it was contemporary to its setting. What Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine) has effectively ...
...need a nice pat ending- far from it- but surely what is interesting in this society is what happens AFTER the crisis, the fallout, rather than during it? This is still an interesting film, and worth seeing. It is actually very funny, at times, but the lightness is rarely penetrated very deeply. This film hangs in a precarious balance between a light genre film and a slow-burning "issues" film, and that is of course the point. It is trying to tease ...

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Imagine the scene. A beautiful housewife, a pastiche of every housewife we have come to imagine as Mrs. America in the 1950s, lives in a cocooned world of happiness and prosperity in Small Town, USA. You just know right from the start that this is going to end in tragedy. Julianne Moore, an actress I much admire, plays the perfect Cathy Whitaker, while Dennis Quaid portrays Frank, her handsome, ambitious husband. The Whitakers appear to have it ...
...Sybil (Viola Davis), and, above all, a luxurious house with every modern convenience. In fact, so perfect are they, that they are to be featured in a local magazine as the model family. Against a backdrop of gleaming contemporary interiors, giggly ladies’ lunches and sophisticated cocktail parties, the couple’s lives unravel in ways that make them the ultimate outcasts in white, heterosexual Connecticut. For Frank, you see, is a guarding a terrible ...

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~~The Movie~~ Far From Heaven is a film directed by Todd Haynes and it pays homage to Douglas Sirk. Mr Sirk was famous for making melodramas in the 50’s with a bit of feminine touch. The film is set in the 50’s Hartford, Connecticut and mainly revolves around one family, the Whitakers. In the opening shots you see an aerial view of the town with the scene closing in on Cathy Whitaker picking up her daughter from the ballet class. Everything seems ...
...conclusion I would suggest that Far From Heaven is not my cup of tea as it is mainly aimed at women. For those of you who like family dramas this is for you, although the ending is a bit flat. ~~Movie Details~~ Julianne Moore ...Cathy Whitaker Dennis Quaid ...Frank Whitaker Dennis Haysbert ...Raymond Deagan Patricia Clarkson ...Eleanor Fine Viola Davis ...Sybil James Rebhorn ...Dr. Bowman Bette Henritze ...Mrs. Leacock Michael Gaston ...Stan Fine ...

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...parents, very accurate. Far from being a nostalgia piece like many retro '60s films are (Woodstock and free love tend to be particularly romanticized), this '50s film made me appreciate the modern day, which, while not perfect, is certainly better than the '50s. However, walking out of the theater into my own quiet New England town, I couldn't help but wonder what horrible secrets lie below our own picturesque façade. CERTIFICATE: 12A in the UK/ ...

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Far From Heaven is a beautifully made piece of cinema. Todd Haynes delivers a perfectly crafted homage to 1950's melodramas with a twist of 2000's disfunction. Julianne Moore stars as Cathy Whitaker the model housewife living in suburban late fifties Hartford Connecticut. To the world around her Cathy and her husband Frank (Dennis Quaid) have the perfect marriage, family, home and life. Cracks begin to appear when Cathy gets a late night call from ...
...he is 'mistaken' for a 'loiterer'. The true extent of Frank's 'loitering' is quickly revealed and Cathy's perfect world starts to fall apart. Cathy finds comfort in the most unlikely of places when her black gardener Raymond Deagon (Dennis Haysbert) catches her crying. The two start to form a friendship under the prying eyes of Cathy's dissaproving friends and neighbours. What starts out as harmless jibes soon turns to hateful gossip, whilst what ...

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